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Goin' Back to New Orleans | 
 enlarge | Artist: Dr. John
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
New (17) Used (28) from $2.00
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 48495
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 26940
UPC: 075992694025
EAN: 0075992694025
ASIN: B000002LTW
Release Date: June 16, 1992
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| Tracks:
| • | Litanie Des Saints | | • | Careless Love | | • | My Indian Red | | • | Milneburg Joys | | • | I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say | | • | Basin Street Blues | | • | Didn't He Ramble | | • | Do You Call That A Buddy? | | • | How Come My Don't Bark (When You Come Around)? | | • | Good Night, Irene | | • | Fess Up | | • | Since I Fell For You | | • | I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You | | • | Cabbage Head | | • | Goin' Home Tomorrow | | • | Blue Monday | | • | Scald Dog Medley / I Can't Go On | | • | Goin' Back To New Orleans |
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Amazon.com essential recording
Goin' Back traces a century of Crescent City musical history, starting in the mid-19th century with Louis Moreau Gottschalk, a classical composer influenced by the African chants and slave dances he witnessed in New Orleans' Congo Square. With support from some of the city's most prominent musical pioneers (including Danny Barker, Pete Fountain, and the Neville Brothers), Dr. John breathes new life into the work of Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, James Booker, Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, and Huey Piano Smith. From early jazz to junkie blues, Goin' Back covers it all, ranging from well-trod standards ("Basin Street Blues," "Careless Love") to otherwise forgotten jewels ("I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say," "How Come My Dog Don't Bark"). What's most remarkable is how utterly alive and timeless it sounds. --Keith Moerer
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Goin' Back To New Orleans September 5, 2007
If you like "Gut Bucket" or "Barrelhouse" Blues, then these sides by Dr. John are for you! Done in a traditional New Awlins' style, backed by a treasure chest of GREAT artist's, such as: the Neville Brothers, Pete Fountain & Al Hirt! I was particularly intrigued by the late Prince Partridge tune: "How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When you come round')which,
written in the 40's, I had not heard for years! GREAT STUFF, Dr. John!
Encore, Encore!
Joeygee,
Host-The Roots Of Rock N' Roll-KBOO-90.7FM. Portland,Oregon]
Dr. John goes back to his roots...and does it respectively. May 25, 2007
That New Orleans and Mardi Gras feeling is all around when you slip this into your machine. New Orleans native Dr. John does a once-in-a-lifetime project paying tribute to his hometown and the colorful customs and lifestyles of the magical town. Every year when Mardi Gras comes around, New Orleans comes alive, and that's where a real celebration happens. That same spirit is as every bit as alive in this masterfully created album. Dr. John covers the entire New Orleans musical heritage in these 18 tracks that re-create that authentic sound so well. Listen to the horn and the rhythm sections and you'll feel it. He takes a nod to all the legends like Leadbelly ("Good Night Irene"), Fats Domino ("Blue Monday"), and Louis Jordan ("Do You Call That a Buddy"). He even takes you back to 1850 with the Gris-Gris chant of "Litanie des Saints." Legendary performers took part in this album like the Neville Brothers, Al Hirt, and Pete Fountain. That detracting factor is that a handful of these songs are a bit pessimistic in subject, but the music is very exquisite. A true landmark album from Dr. John, a very unique artist who paid a great respect and tribute to his hometown in these arrangements of such timeless classics. It makes it a perfect soundtrack for a Mardi Gras celebration, too.
New Orleans through a prism of elegant madness November 29, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Dr John has had a hard time fore several decades living up to the promise of his amazing debut album. With this disc, however, he finally (amazingly, for the first time) records in New Orleans and covers a set of New Orleans standards. Althogh "covers" is perhaps the wrong word. Perhaps the highlight is a serious remake of "Basin Street Blues", where the original "good darkie" lyrics are re-written to describe the NO that Mac knows, rather than a place where (charmingly) the "black and the white folks meet". However, it is matched or bettered by excellent versions of such classics as "Goodnight Irene" (perhaps not the song one would think of as a natural for Dr John).
 Dr. John: The Voodoo King August 23, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I picked up this album while in New Orleans for Jazz Fest 2005. I found it at a discount price while shopping in the LA Music Factory. This album now remains in my rotation on a regular basis. This was my first Dr. John album and he blew me away. I knew after listening to this album I would be a fan for life. When I think of New Orleans Louis Armstrong and Wynton Marsalis come to mind...add Dr. John to that list!
Lushly made, just plain outstanding music October 2, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
One of my top 10 favorite albums from the 1990s. The vocal interpretations of these classic New Orleans songs are fabulous. The production is lush, and in this case, all the orchestration works to propel this album into something that is both fun and exquisitely beautiful. You can listen to this album again and again and always find something new that's interesting. A finely detailed portrait of New Orleans music intelligently done.
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